Description
Cichlids get too much love... so in this episode, we're discussing our top 5 list from South America - but we're excluding all cichlids! There are so many exciting fishes from South America that get overlooked due to the popularity of SA cichlids. This diverse list includes corydoras, tetras, puffers, killis, and even some unique oddball species. What are your favorites?
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Species mentioned in this episode:
Brochis cat, Brochis splendens
C125, Aspidoras spilotus
South American puffer, colomesus asellus
Flameback bleeding beart tetra, hyphessobrycon pyrrhonotus
Black butterfly tetra, hyphessobrycon negodagua
Crystal tetra, protocheirodon pi
Galaxy oto, Parotocinclus haroldoi
Splash tetra, copella arnoldi
Cenepa red pencilfish, nannostomas sp. 'Cenepa Red'
Marbled hatchetfish, carnegiella strigata
Striped cory, scleromystax barbatus
Adolfo's cory, corydoras adolfoi
Cardinal tetra, paracheirodon axelrodi
Black ghost knifefish, apteronotus albifrons
L134 Leopard frog pleco, peckoltia compta
Blue striped rivulus killifish, laimosemion xiphidius
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